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insightman liked BeMurda's post in the thread 2020 Honda Clarity Listed on Honda Canada Site.

Yes, I don't think the gallery and info page has changed at all from the 2019, they copy pasted.

insightman attached a file to the thread 2020 Honda Clarity Listed on Honda Canada Site.

This is the interior gallery photo of the knobless infotainment head unit shown on the Canadian Clarity site linked above: [ATTACH]

insightman replied to the thread Honda throws cold water on electric cars.

My family doesn't have that much income, but we took advantage of the tax liability incurred by converting regular IRAs to Roth IRAs....

insightman liked DucRider's post in the thread Honda throws cold water on electric cars.

A few semi-random thoughts related to previous posts. Much of the savings with a BEV is also in your time, lack of maintenance, time...

insightman replied to the thread 2020 Honda Clarity Listed on Honda Canada Site.

I'm blown away to learn that Honda made changes to the 2020 Clarity. Are the knob and a few extra bytes of memory the only changes to...

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Programmable charge cord lock

Here's an interesting (and unique?) feature described in MINI's press release dated October 28, 2019: > The MINI Cooper SE also includes...

Forum: MINI SE Electric

insightman replied to the thread Inside EVs validates the MINI Cooper SE with it's own sub-forum.

We know there will be one forum member who can't stop blabbing, er, who strives to make meaningful contributions, about this car.

insightman replied to the thread Honda throws cold water on electric cars.

MINI USA has set the base price for the MINI Cooper SE at $30,750 (including destination and handling charge) and the EPA range has yet...

insightman liked interestedinEV's post in the thread Honda throws cold water on electric cars.

Here is the simple fact. ICEs. HEVs and possibly PHEVs make money for companies today, BEVs are not money makers yet. . Where the...

insightman liked ClarityBill's post in the thread Burning Gas while fully charged.

The random engine starts do appear most frequent with full-battery regen. I have had that probably 4 times over the summer, but now I...

insightman liked The Gadgeteer's post in the thread Burning Gas while fully charged.

Yes. You have to be fully charged and regen almost immediately.

insightman replied to the thread Burning Gas while fully charged.

But the regen paddles start the ICE only when you've just fully charged the battery, correct?

insightman liked eneka's post in the thread Problem with aftermarket Blind-Spot Monitor.

I think the Japanese MSRP of the clarity is a good indicator of the real cost of the car which is equivalent to $60k USD. Those have...

insightman replied to the thread Problem with aftermarket Blind-Spot Monitor.

Honda hasn't been able to sell the Clarity PHEV at MSRP (which likely isn't high enough to generate a profit), so they decided to sell...

insightman replied to the thread Burning Gas while fully charged.

That never happens to me. I've stomped hard on the brake pedal in an attempt to remove rust from my Clarity's brake discs after it's...